woebegone
Looking utterly miserable
Woebegone describes someone visibly affected by sorrow or misery—looking dejected, forlorn, or pitifully sad: The dog gave me a woebegone look when I picked up my keys.
The word suggests an almost theatrical quality of sadness written on the face or bearing.
It appears in Garrison Keillor's fictional Lake Wobegon, "where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."
Deeply discouraged, hopeless
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- disconsolateHopelessly sad, beyond comfort
- downcastSad or despondent
- miserableWretchedly unhappy, dejected
dejected · heartsick · doleful · mournful · heavyhearted · glum · dispirited · disheartened
Exhausted in appearance
- drawnRendered in lines
- carewornWeary from prolonged anxiety
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- gauntLean from deprivation
hollow-eyed · weary · worn · sad-faced · long-faced · pathetic · pitiful · sorry
Longing for one's dwelling
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- wistfulSadly longing for something
lonesome · lonely · bereft · forlorn · lovelorn · lovesick · heartsick · longing
Quick overview of facts
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
- decrepitWorn by age
- shabbyWorn and neglected
- tumbledownRuined through neglect
neglected · derelict · crumbling · decayed · weather-beaten · worn-out · tattered · faded
despondent
Deeply discouraged, hopeless
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- disconsolateHopelessly sad, beyond comfort
- downcastSad or despondent
miserable · dejected · heartsick · doleful · mournful · heavyhearted · glum · dispirited · disheartened · downhearted
haggard
Exhausted in appearance
gaunt · hollow-eyed · weary · worn · sad-faced · long-faced · pathetic · pitiful · sorry · wretched
homesick
Longing for one's dwelling
wistful · lonesome · lonely · bereft · forlorn · lovelorn · lovesick · heartsick · longing · aching
rundown
Quick overview of facts
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
- decrepitWorn by age
- shabbyWorn and neglected
tumbledown · neglected · derelict · crumbling · decayed · weather-beaten · worn-out · tattered · faded · blighted
hapless
Lacking good fortune
ill-starred · misfortunate · unlucky · pitiable · piteous · wretched · poor · doomed · cursed · star-crossed
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken